Science & Technology

UC Irvine opens its second clean room suitable for producing microdevices with organic material.

Neurobiologist Frank LaFerla is taking the reins of the UC Irvine Institute for Brain Aging & Dementia, hoping to boost clinical offerings and move forward with a new building dedicated to Alzheimer's disease research.

As an anesthesiologist, UC Irvine's Dr. Michael Alkire wants to tackle what many neuroscientists see as the Holy Grail of their field - the biological basis of consciousness.

The year has been exciting and rewarding for UC Irvine - from promising new research collaborations to impactful breakthroughs, dedicated outreach projects, diverse cultural activities, continued campus growth and athletic success.

Not all holiday surprises are happy ones. People visiting aging relatives this time of year may discover mounds of unpaid bills, odd solicitations and unkempt surroundings - all possible evidence of a decline in physical or mental function, says Dr. Laura Mosqueda, director of UC Irvine's geriatrics program.

Peter Bryant, developmental & cell biology professor, has spent decades photographing tide pool invertebrates called filter feeders, which keep the water clear by eating suspended matter and food particles.

UC Irvine chemist Murat Aydin will spend his holiday drilling into the South Pole's thick ice to collect trapped air that is up to 100 years old.

In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, the practice of using fire to clear forests and destroy organic soil increases substantially in dry years, releasing huge amounts of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study analyzing six years of weather and fire observations.